Charles



' o. A. ROLPE. I INK ROLLER POR TBLEGRAPH REGIS'I'BRS.y

Patented Aug. 13,'1895- Mmm',

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SPECIFICATION -fnrrning'.gpar: of Letters fatemi No. .dated 513,' 21:89.55.

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To all whom it mag/ concern i Be it known that I, CHARLES A. ROL-FE, a; citizen ofthe United/States` residing-at Chi-l Y -cago,in the county f'Cook and'Stateo'f lilinoie, have invented -a vcertain new and useful Improvement i-n Ink-Rollers 'for T'elegraph-v` Registers, (Case No. 2,) of which thefollowing is a full, clear, concise, ande'xact description, reference being had to lthe accompanying drawings, forminga pa'rtof this specification.

My invention 4relates toen ink-rollrer forl telegraph-registers, and its object is' to pro-A vide means whereby the ink is continuously and uniformly fed' from a Centrelink-.receptacle to a surrounding layer of absorbent ma-f terial, against which the stylus-wheel is -adapted-to bear, the construction being sucnathatl excessive ow of the ink,` and the consequent tion of the stylus-wheel.

blotting of the tape, is prevented. i

A further object is to improve the'construc- Heretofore it hasbeenproposed to provide the ink-roller with a central ink-receptacle,

which is surrounded by a layerof absorbent" material, the absorbentl material ybeing in communication with theinkfreceptaclawhere- I by it may become saturated with ink, .the

stylus-wheel being adapt-ed 'to engage with the surface of the absorbent material to receive ink therefrom. Considerable difficulty has beenexperienced with this construction, dueto the fact that when the roller is at rest the portion ofthe absorbent material that is for the time beingbeneaththe ink-receptacle becomes so saturated with ink that the in k flows down the surfaceof the styluslwheel to the tape, thus blotting the same andcovering some of the working parts of the register with In accordance with my inventionA the inkreceptacle is entirely disconnected .from the layer of absorbent material, except througha number of wicks which pass-through holes provided in the periphery of the ink-recepta-4 cle, the wicks completely filling the holes,'so Lhat the only escape for theuk within the receptacle is through the capillary attraction of the wicks, the ink being thus drawn.

the wicks, 'all portions alike-.of ,the :absorbent .material .abserbthae inkantlitlreresting ofthe roller yin any,parfictilargpnsitiondoes nntjp'ro- Aduce fan -nverlow of fthe nk.

f 'A further feature infamy 'invention is the;

metallic k#roller heretofore em-- v permitting the escape of .to` stoodbyreference'tfthencconrpanyrng.drawf graph-registerembcdyingimgimention,` Fig. "2 isaseetional df the 1'insk'feller n n-'tine 2 2, :1. ."Eigl`3 isa emotional `xewv'en 'line "-3 3 ,1 ilarrl .are "views 'illustrati'ngfthe positionlof the lignid'n the rentas "the Tolles rotated'.

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The ink-rollercom prises disks a a', mounted upon a shaft a. and supporting between them a. hollow cylindrical portion a3, thus forming',

'an ink-receptacle a4. The cylinder a.8 is provided iin its'periph'ery with a series of holes a5, arranged at points around the circumfer# ence. Wicks b extend through the holes a?,

4the absorbent material ofsilk; but other materials'may be employed, as may be found most desirable. p y

-In the side of the ink-receptacle is provided an opening d, by vmeans ofVwhich ink may be introduced into the receptacle, an opening-d' being provided forthe escape of the air Whilev the ink is being introduced. yA pivoted'plate IOO cl2 is adapted to seal the openings d and d in one position and to open the same when in its alternate position. Against the surface of the absorbentmaterial c the stylus-wheel e'I is adapted to bear, the said wheel being providedrwith a tire e', of rubber. The tape fis fedrforward by rollers f'fz and passes 'over' a pressenfoot or pen g, adapted when ele# vated to bring the-tapeinto contact with the surface ofthe`styluswheel,=whereby an inkmark is imprinted `upon the surface of the tape. p `The presser-foot gis mounted upon the end of" a. pivotedleverg, adapted to be rotated by the electromagnetg? in the usual manner, the actuation otthe electromagnet also serving to eiect the rotation oi` the feeding-rollers f f 2 in the usual manner. By

making the periphery of the stylus-wheel e of` rubber I am enabled to obtain better results than can be obtained by the employment of a stylus-wheel having a metallic periphery, as the ink is more readily retained thereon and a clearer imprint is made upon the tape. i

Furthermore, the rubber' acts as a cushion to break the force of the blow from the presserfoot,thns preventing `the noise due to the striking of the `presser-foot upon the styluswheel and preventing a jar upon the operating parts.

While not always necessary, it is sometimes Vdesirable to admit air toV the ink-receptacle, in order that the ink may flow more freely, and to admit theair without permitting the escape of the ink I provide upon the side of the roller a spiral-like tube ZL, which communicates withthe ink-receptacle at the inner end, while the outer end is open to theA air. As shown in Fig. 4, if the level of the ink within the ink-receptacle is at line k k the inner p'ortion of the-tube will be filled with ink, as indicated. The rollerisrotating in the direction indicated by the arrow and the inklows through the inner end of the tube "into the inkreceptacle until the roller reaches empty until the roller again reaches the position illustrated in Fig. 4. The ink thus flows into the inner end of the tubeh and then back into' the ink-receptacle, the ink within the receptacle being thus exposed to the atmospheric pressure without the escape of the ink. Opposite the end of the-tube h is provided a screw h', mounted in a standard h2, the screw being adapted to be moved against the end of the tube h to seal the same. The end of the screw h is made conical, so thatthe vent may be opened toa greater or less extent by means of the screw.

Having described myv invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-' 1. An ink roller mounted to rotate in a vertical plane, and carrying an interior ink receptacle, a layer of.. absorbent material provided at the periphery ofthe roller, and a wick or wicks extending intoV said receptacle and in contact with said layer of absorbent material, whereby the oversatnration of the absorbent material at thelowermost portion of the roller is prevented; substantially as described.v

2. In an ink roller, the combination with an l ink receptacle, of a spiral like tube h communicating with the receptacle at the inner.

end, said roller being'adapted to be-rotated in a direction to empty the liquid from the inner end of said tube into the ink receptacle;

substantially as described. n

' In witness whereof I hereunto subscribe my name this 4th day of April, A. D. 1895.`

l CHARLES A. ROLE'E.

Witnesses:

W. CLYDE JONES,

JOHN W. SINCLAIR. 

